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News Roundup: NOAA Presses on Right Whale Protections; West Yarmouth Takes On Rat Problem

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WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include: Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, Andy Tomolonis of South Coast Today, Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner, and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Among the stories we talk about, a top fisheries administrator presses fishermen for more help to keep right whales from extinction; the court battle against an aerial adventure park in Sandwich heads to a conclusion; West Yarmouth looks to confront a rat problem; Massachusetts Medical Society offers docs info on marijuana; a Mashpee man goes missing; fishermen eye changes to herring regulations; Cape students affected by data breach; and Chatham woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.